    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2004, Book III)]
    [December 10, 2004]
    [Pages 3067-3068]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Signing the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004
    December 10, 2004

        Today, I have signed into law S. 2486, the ``Veterans Benefits
    Improvement Act of 2004.'' The Act modifies and extends housing,
    education, and other benefits for the Nation's veterans.
        Section 3677(d)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, as enacted by
    section 108 of the Act, purports to require the Secretary of Veterans
    Affairs to make a recommendation to the Congress on whether to continue
    a specified pilot project beyond its

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    statutory expiration date, which would require enactment of legislation.
    Section 4332 of title 38, as amended by section 202 of the Act, purports
    to require officials in the executive branch to submit recommendations
    for legislative action in certain circumstances. The executive branch
    shall implement these provisions in a manner consistent with the
    President's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive
    branch and to recommend for the consideration of the Congress such
    measures as the President judges necessary and expedient.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     December 10, 2004.

    Note: S. 2486, approved December 10, was assigned Public Law No. 108-
    454.